thanks for reccing my post!
You're very welcome! I love fandom--people have such smart things to say, and I get to sit back and read them.

I think I would be very self-conscious at such an event.
It really wasn't bad when I got there... but I was definitely self-conscious about telling anyone why I needed to leave work a bit earlier than usual. (I wasn't very specific about what I needed to do. Heh.)